History PlayingWith / ForHappiness

** Alice just doesn't get that there are times when people ''should'' be unhappy, and her attempts to get Bob to weather a particularly nasty divorce with a smile on his face and a song in his heart only makes the situation more stressful.

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** Alice just doesn't get that there are times when people ''should'' be unhappy, and her attempts to get Bob to weather a particularly nasty divorce with a smile on his face and a song in his heart only makes make the situation more stressful.

* '''Deconstructed''':** TotalitarianUtilitarian** Alice avoids [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope the above problem]], but develops SamaritanSyndrome as she goes out of her way to cause as much happiness as possible.** Alice just doesn't get that there are times when people ''should'' be unhappy, and her attempts to get Bob to weather a particularly nasty divorce with a smile on his face and a song in his heart only makes the situation more stressful.* '''Reconstructed''':** ...combined with StrawmanHasAPoint** Bob reminds her that if she focuses on her own happiness once in a while, she'll be in a better frame of mind to help others.** ...But still, it's not good to swell on the negative so much, and while Alice realizes that Bob is going through a bad time and isn't going to be doing cartwheels any time soon, she does her best to make his life suck a little bit less.

* '''PlayedForLaughs''': Alice is nowhere to be found. Bob tracks her down by finding out whose birthday it is and showing up at the party.

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* '''PlayedForLaughs''': '''Deconstructed''':** TotalitarianUtilitarian** Alice avoids [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope the above problem]], but develops SamaritanSyndrome as she goes out of her way to cause as much happiness as possible.** Alice just doesn't get that there are times when people ''should'' be unhappy, and her attempts to get Bob to weather a particularly nasty divorce with a smile on his face and a song in his heart only makes the situation more stressful.* '''Reconstructed''':** ...combined with StrawmanHasAPoint** Bob reminds her that if she focuses on her own happiness once in a while, she'll be in a better frame of mind to help others.** ...But still, it's not good to swell on the negative so much, and while Alice realizes that Bob is going through a bad time and isn't going to be doing cartwheels any time soon, she does her best to make his life suck a little bit less.* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice is nowhere to be found. Bob tracks her down by finding out whose birthday it is and showing up at the party.

** Alice just doesn't get that there are times when people ''should'' be unhappy, and her attempts to get Bob to weather a particularly nasty divorce with a smile on his face and a song in his heart only makes the situation more stressful.

** ...But still, it's not good to swell on the negative so much, and while Alice realizes that Bob is going through a bad time and isn't going to be doing cartwheels any time soon, she does her best to make his life suck a little bit less.

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